Track-laying apparatus.



H. W. JACOBS.

TRAGK LAYING APPARATUS,

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT.1,1908.

Patented Sept. :41, 1909.

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H. W. JACOBS. TRACK LAYING APPARATUS. APPLICATION 211 21) SEPT. 1, 190a.

Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

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H. W. JACOBS. I TRACK LAYING APPARATUS.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 1, 190a.

Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

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HENRY W. JACOBS, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

TRACK-LAYING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

Application filed September 1, 1908. Serial No. 451,276.

lowing is a full and exact description thereof,

The object of my invention has been to provide an apparatus for laying track which shall have among others the following advantages: That it shall be capable of driving a tool, and preferably several tools, such as spike drivers and spike hole 'lorminf devices, for use in laying track. That while being capable of being made powerful enough to drive a number of track laying it shall. be so readily portable us to 'be easily placed on or removed from the of an air compressor car;

be used to great advantage.

track. That it shall enable the tools to be driven by compressed air. That it shall have a pump and a fluid jack, by which the apparatus can belit'ted for removal from the track, and that it shall be capable of selfpropulsion'.

In the accoi-npanying drawings l i 'ure l a side elevation of an apparatus embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of an air compressor'car; Fig. :3 is a plan view Fig. l is a plan view of the apparatus beside a track and operating, a nuinberof tools; and Fig. .3 is a side elevation of a jack adaptedto be operated by compressed air for use with my apparatus. p

In the laying, repairing and adjusting of railroad track, power driven appliances can It is especially desirable to have a number of such tools driven by power; for instance, to have two devices for forming spike holes, which can be operated by men going ahead, and one device for driving the spikes, which can be operated by a man following, so that the work on the track progresses steadily, and the workmendo I ward and back. In order'to have the apparatus powerful enough for this purpose, the apparatus must necessarily be of considerable weight. It is imperative, however, that the apparatus beof'such a nature that it can bereadily removed from the track in order a shaft arrying a lly wheel not lose time by going for- .tions 3a and tlvely to a spike-hole forming device 36, and to spike drivln to permit the passage of trains, and it may have to be removed from and replaced upon the track many times in the course of a day. 'lhehpparatus,which is the subject of the present application for patent, is designed to meet these conditions.

is the invention lies'in the broad combination of the several parts, and not in the detailsof such parts, the details are not. illustrated.

Thatforni of my invention which is illustrated in the drawings is only one of many possible embodiments, and there are many etptivalents which could be substituted for the several elements thereof. For this reason also the details of the several parts of the apparatus are llllllllpbl'tfiiltin the illustrated embodiment of my invention, provide a car 10 having upon it a motor of any desired sort. The motor which I prefer is an explosive engine-which drives There is also a change-speed device 13 geared to the shaft of the engine, which device may be of the construction well known in automobiles, and which device is mounted upon a i verse shaft not shown. The sh of change speed device. is connect d, by a sprocket chain ll. with a wheel-150a o e of the axles of the car, and thus the be propelled forward or backward or stopped as may be desired. The car is prefera Ely provided with :t'orward and rearward seats- 17 and 19 respectively, separated by a back 19. T he change speed device transmits motion to a shaft 20 which drives a jointed telescopic shaftQl. The shaft 21 is flexibly connected with a shaft '22 on a compressor 1 car 23. A liy wheel his carried by the shaft 22? Said shaft also carries a pinion 25 meshing with a gear :26 on the shaft of an air compressor 27 of any desiredtype. V T he said compressor pumps air, by-means of apipe 28, into a reservoir ortank 29, which latter :onununi iatesby a pipe 30 with a tank 31, and the latter is connected by a pipe 32 with a tank The tank 33 has connecfor supplying air respec i devices-37. Cocks are provlded for shutting off and turning on the air to the devices mentioned. The spike drivers are preferably mounted on horizontal arms 38 supported from a combined track gage and positioning device consisting of an H- shaped frame 39 having supporting rollers 40 journaled in the forked ends of the frame, and having projections on the ifnderslde of the arms that are adapted to engage both pressor car.

has been reached, the motor car is eitherv sides of each rail, and thus to position the rails.

Th'e combinedgage and positioning device is the subject of a separate application forpatent. The motor car is also the subject of a separate application for patent. A pneu matic "jack '41, the details of which are unimportant, is also connected by a p1pe 42 with the compressor car, so that it can be" used to lift one end of the com ressor car or of the motor car, if desired, 0 and thus the latter can be removed by simply swinging it horizontally.

In the operation of my apparatus, the apparatus travels along the track, to the o1nt where it is to work, by the powero the motor car, the motor car drawin the com- When the scene 0 the work lifted off by its handles 43, or the jack is placed under one end and the car raised until its flanges are disengaged from the rails, i wfien it can be shifted sidewise with the track,

ease ahd without lifting. The jack, if it isbeing used,.is then placed under the other end of the motor-car, and this end is removed in the same manner; Becausethe motor is not rigidly attached to the compressor car, the motor car can be lifted off by itself without also requiring that the Weight of the compressor apparatus be lifted at the same time. Usually the motor-car is lifted off by hand. The compressor car is either lifted off by means of-itshandles 4A, or'by means of the jack, operating first on one end and then .on the other, as described in connection with the hand car: I The compressor car in order to be powerful is necessarily heavy, and if the compressor apparatus and the motor were all mounted on the same car the combined weight of all the parts would beso great as to make the burden of etting it ofi and. onthe track very heavy, ut by dividing the weight between the two cars, it is entirely practicable to have a compressing apparatus. of ample capacity driven by a motor of suflicient power, and yet tohave the apparatus so readily portable that it can quickly be gotten-off and on the track,

must be done so as not to interfere with the passage of trains. The. combined'track gage and positioning device is very light, an yet it automatically positions the rails at the standard distance apart, leaving the ing and painting" buildin workmen only the alinement to watch. The

tools being driven by compressed air can be easily carried to any position and be openated at any desired angle.

-As the compressedair apparatus serves as.

a, reservoir ofpower, it can supply a demand in excess of the power of the motor for some time, and thus a motor of limited capacity can be used' temporarily to drive tools requiring more motor.- v I A pneumatic track rammer can be driven by my apparatus. The compressed air furnished by the plantcan be usedto advantage for many auxiliarypurposes"such. as; sandroad crossings, etc. p

By the term prime ymo ,apparat'usf as used in the claims, applicant '1 meansa motor or engine, or other ap aratus' for generating power, as distingu shed from mere means for transmltting power, such as shafting or belt I claim: 1. An apparatus for track, c mprising a car havin a motor thereon,,a car having means for. storing power, and track working appliances adapt; ed to be "driven by said power.

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constructing railroad power than that of the I rid es, rail.-

2. An apparatus for constructing railroad track,"co1'nprising a car having "a motor thereon, a car having means for storing power, a track gage, tools supported from said. gage, and means for communicating said power to said tools. I a

3. An apparatus for constructing .railroad track, comprising a car having. a motor thereon, a car having means adapted to store the power of said motor, a device adapted to position the rails relative to each other, track working appliances supported ing a motor thereon, a car having an air compressor, thereon, an air reservoir also mounted on said last-mentioned car, track-- working tools adapted to be operated .by'

compressed air, and connections between said reservoir and said tools.

6. In an apparatus for constructing railroad track, the combination of a car having a motor thereon, a car having an air compressor thereon and also having an air ass-i528 reservoir thereon, track Working" appliances, means for driving them by the air in such resin-mil, a pneumatic jack, and means for connecting it with such reservoir.

I. In an apparatus for constructing raili-nini track, the combination of track Working ZXPPUH'IK'EQ, n prime mover: apparatus for iii-lying said appliances, and two cars upon each 0i": which a part of 'SuCh a prime mover apparatus is supported.

In testimony that I claim the fnregoing I have hen-aunts set my hand.

W. JACOB. JVinnessaes CLARKE J: MORRISON, EDWIN 1311mm. 

